I am pro-death penalty, both for murder or for rape, but never mandatory. And I actually voted for CA to revoke its death penalty, since our death row, up in Marin County, is way overfull, and we barely ever execute anyone.
I am not for all these fancy schmancy modes of death that are supposed to be quicker than whatever it replaces. I would only allow gunshot to the back of the head if I were dictator of the USA. Quick. Cheap. Still scary.
I don't believe the DP to be a deterrent, but nor do I feel that way about LWOP. They are both punishments. And prisons aren't enough of a punishment (buying reese's pb cups from a commissary? I wish I could go out and get some right now!).
Do something about jury selection. Do something about corruption in the law(!). But some (fairly few) folks need to leave society.
I am not for all these fancy schmancy modes of death that are supposed to be quicker than whatever it replaces. I would only allow gunshot to the back of the head if I were dictator of the USA. Quick. Cheap. Still scary.
I don't believe the DP to be a deterrent, but nor do I feel that way about LWOP. They are both punishments. And prisons aren't enough of a punishment (buying reese's pb cups from a commissary? I wish I could go out and get some right now!).
Do something about jury selection. Do something about corruption in the law(!). But some (fairly few) folks need to leave society.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan